bhārgavaḥ = a son of Bhṛgu; cyavanaḥ = Cyavana; nāma = named; himavantam = in the Himālaya; upāśritaḥ = had settled; tam = that; ṛṣim = sage; samupāgamya = approached; kālindī tu = Kālindī, [the wife of King Asita]; abhyavādayat = and served him menially.